This Generation!

I am old enough now to comment on my generation vs the current generation.

Like my parents complaining about the boomers, I have an open road when it comes to commenting on how things have changed, how values have twisted, and how important functions have been left to blow in the wind like a leaf on a branch.

For those who are curious, here is how the generations are branded:

Silent Generation (Born Approximately 1928-1945)
Baby Boomers (Born Approximately 1946-1964)
Gen X (Born Approximately 1965-1980)
Millennials (Born Approximately 1981-1996)
Gen Z (Born Approximately 1997-2009)
Generation Alpha (Born Approximately 2010-2024)
Generation Beta (Born Approximately 2025-2039)

There are traits attached to each generation; positives and negatives based partially on what the generation before left them.

This all hurts my head. And I haven’t even begun to analyze them.

In a world that is evolving faster than ice cubes melting, there are enough generations behind me to worry. What will the world be like when my grandkids’ Generation Beta kids are born? What will the world be like? The environment? The political stability? The home cooking?

Generation Alpha kids already don’t write in cursive or do addition or subtraction with carry overs and cross outs. Their books and classes are on the Internet, along with their entertainment and restaurant menus.

This is not a complain-about-the-generations kind of blog. We are all victims of our environment, and need to adapt to new changes and different horizons. Kids today no longer have to wonder what walking on the moon was like or how two airplanes crashing into skyscrapers would look.

If I could have the next generation and the next and the next take anything from my generation, it would be to carry on three simple things:

• say please and thank you
• understand what I am sorry means
• help others

There are as many things you want to pass on to tomorrow’s generations as you want them to leave behind. No one will miss droopy pants that show your butt crack or pet rocks or light blue polyester suits for men.

Kids may not remember how to write in cursive or what a snow day was, but I hope we instill at least one trait they can pass on to their next generation…

Kindness.

Plain and simple.